Historical Events In January - 01

1844  On this day in history 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week)  

1845  On this day in history the Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed.  

1846  On this day in history yucatan declares independence from México  

1846  Yucatan declares independence from Mexico on this day in history.  

1846  Nikola Pasic, Serbian nationalist/premier (1891..1926) on this day in history.  

1847  Michigan is first state to abolish capital punishment on January - 01.  

1847  On this day in history netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing  

1847  Michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment on January - 01.  

1848  Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua on January - 01.  

1850  On January - 01 raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76  

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1851  On January - 01 city of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line  

1852  On this day in history netherlands begins issuing postage stamps  

1852  On January - 01 the first US public bath opens in New York City NY  

1852  On January - 01 1st US public bath opens, in NYC  

1853  On this day in history the first practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service  

1853  1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service on this day in history.  

1853  On January - 01 hans Koessler, composer  

1854  Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford PA) on this day in history.  

1854  On January - 01 lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn)  

1854  On this day in history james Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)  

1858  On January - 01 canada begins using decimal currency system  

1860  Slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies on January - 01.  

1860  Slavery ends of in Neth Indies on this day in history.  

1861  On January - 01 porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City  

1861  President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful on January - 01.  

1862  On this day in history battle of Fort McRee FL, Battle of Port Royal SC (Port Royal Ferry)  

1862  On this day in history the first US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)  

1862  On this day in history uS income tax goes into effect (3% of incomes > $600,% of incomes > $10,000)  

1862  1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000) on January - 01.  

1862  On January - 01 snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)  

1863  Battle of Galveston, TX - Confederates recapture the city on this day in history.  

1863  Battle of Helena AK on January - 01.  

1863  Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln on January - 01.  

1863  The birth of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern olympics on this day in history.  

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0766  On this day in history birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)  

1387  On this day in history birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)  

1431  On January - 01 birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)  

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence  

1449  On January - 01 birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)  

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on this day in history.  

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on this day in history.  

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on this day in history.  

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on this day in history.  

0404  On this day in history death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered  

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on January - 01.  

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on January - 01.  

1204  On this day in history death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)  

1387  On this day in history karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies  

1502  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on this day in history.  

1515  On January - 01 louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52